Thursday, 02 May 2019
Can I access FTP sites using my browser?
You can access FTP sites with your browser. If you type into the URL box in your browser the following:
ftp://userid:password@server.name/directory:port
where:
«userid» is the user logon id
«password» is the password
«server name» is the URL name of the server (may also be an IP number, eg 123.12.34.123)
«directory» is the directory path to access on the server
«port» is the port number to use (may be omitted if the default port of 21 is to be used)
this will log you on to the FTP server and display the contents of the directory (so long as a login is possible – FTP servers are often unavailable or impossible to log on to because maximum users are already logged on). You can download files by clicking on the file name in the directory. You can upload files by dragging them from a «windows explorer» or «my computer» window and dropping them into the browser window (with Netscape or IE anyway – I don’t know about other browsers). Generally you should change to a directory with the word «upload» in its name before attempting to upload.
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